Separate New Years’ Day crashes claims two lives

Etelvina Hernandez, 24, of Rio Grande City, and Juan De Dios Cavazos, 46, of Donna, died in separate crashes Sunday morning, according to a release from the Texas Department of Public Safety. Hernandez, who was driving a GMC pickup truck, died at the scene of a crash just before 7 a.m. Sunday on Embassy Road south of Farm-to-Market 755 in Rio Grande City, the release states.